A U.S. spy plane is flying high over the Middle East, and analysts say the timing could not be more critical. The RC-135V Rivet Joint, a signals intelligence aircraft nicknamed OLIVE48, just departed the UK, heading toward Qatar — all while U.S.-Iran tensions remain at a boiling point.
On January 28, 2026, the Rivet Joint, registration 64-14848, took off from RAF Mildenhall, a key U.S. forward base in Europe. Open-source trackers followed its flight across Cairo, Israel, and Jordan, reportedly en route to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a central hub for U.S. operations in the region. This isn’t a sightseeing flight — it’s a high-tech surveillance platform capable of collecting real-time intelligence across a huge spectrum of electronic signals.

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